In Nigeria, approximately 300 angry deaf people
stormed the office of a local government, demanding
to know why their benefits were cut off.
Security people shot their guns in the air to keep them away.

In Vermont, Barb Prine, a lawyer with Vermont Legal Aid’s Disability Rights Project said that her
clients have had problems dealing with
the University of Vermont Medical Center.

In North Carolina, the sheriff’s deputies of
Guilford county are learning sign language
to better communicate with the deaf.

Activists in Guam are complaining that
classroom interpreters are treated as
teachers’ aides – resulting in lower
pay for these sign language skills, and
pushing away future interpreters in
the classrooms.

A South African newspaper praised the
Carlson Rezidor Hotel chain for hiring
the deaf at all of their hotels.

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